Samnies Increase Victory at Sergy in War Review
War review notes American troops north of the Ourcq river in the Sergy pocket enlarge their gains. They repulse German counterattacks, hold Sergy and nearby Beugneux Grand Rozou and Clerges while advancing toward Fere en Tardenois. Australian forces southwest of Ypres capture Morris with 169 prisoners.
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Ourcq River
Solasons-Rheims
Sergy
Germany
Middle Western
Nesles
Rheims
Soissons
Clerges
Beugneux
Fere En Tardenois
Grand Rozou
Fere
St. Euphraise
Ypres
Morris
Germans Wasteful Guard Dead Rock the US Line
Reuters dispatch from London reports the fourth guard division attacked American positions, driving them from Sergy toward the Ourcq before the Americans mounted a fierce counter and finally repelled the Germans. Dead Germans lay in heaps as fresh guard troops faced the defending Americans on the hill.
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London
Fourth Guard
Reuter
Sergy
Ourcq
Allied Food Administrators Coordinate Global Food Programs
London reports that the food controllers of Britain France Italy and the United States have formed a permanent committee of representatives. The panel will study and coordinate food supply transport and shipping programs and supervise their execution across nations.
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London
Great Britain
France
Italy
United States
Committee of Representatives
Hoover Calls for Sugar Ration To Two Pounds Monthly
The food administration asks Americans to cut sugar to two pounds per person per month starting August 1 to support war needs. Voluntary household limits contrast with required two pounds per 90 meals in public eating places, as shortages from beet and cane crops and submarine losses hit supplies. Allocation will depend on population and sugar-using industries to ensure fair distribution for military and allied needs.
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Washington
Food Administration
Belgium
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Salvation Army
Europe
United States
The
Louisiana
Porto Rico
Java
France
Italy
Atlantic
Mingland
America
Germany
American chain of ship plants near completion
Washington reports the United States has 118 fully equipped yards and 44 more partly complete as the wartime shipbuilding program expands. Sixty percent of steel yards have doubled since the war began and concrete ship yards grow as new industry. Pacific 48, Atlantic 38, Great Lakes 16, Gulf 16 yards.
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Washington
America
United States
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
Gulf Coast
Britain loses Marmora torpedoed by German submarine
London reports the British armoured cruiser Marmora was torpedoed and sunk on July 23 by a German submarine. Ten crewmen are missing and presumed dead. The admiralty says a British torpedo boat was destroyed while ashore and later sank, with thirteen crew members missing and presumed drowned.
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London
Admiralty
Ming
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